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Strawberry Panna Cotta Dessert Recipe

Strawberry panna cotta dessert
Strawberry Panna Cotta Dessert

Panna Cotta is a dessert made with cream (usually heavy cream), gelatin, sugar and flavorings.

My Panna Cotta is a bit different, as I am using 10 % cream, strawberry-flavored milk, and just a little corn starch for the thickening, aside from gelatin. I think that my way of cooking the Panna Cotta is much more healthy for you and for your digestion.

Ingredients:

1000 ml. of 10% cream

1 cup of strawberry-flavored milk

8 Tablespoons of sugar

2 teaspoons of corn starch

1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract

15 grams of plain unflavored gelatin, or as much as needed to set 1000 ml of liquid, according to the package instructions

1 pinch salt

Recipe:

  1. Add the cream, sugar and salt to a heavy saucepan with a thick bottom and bring gently to a boil while stirring occasionally with a whisk. When the cream start simmering remove it from the heat.
  2. In the meantime while the cream is getting heated, devide the 1 cup of strawberry-flavored milk in two bowls.
  3. In the first bowl, drizzle the gelatine over the milk and let it soak up.
  4. In the second bowl, add the 2 teaspoons of corn starch to the milk and mix it with the whisk.
  5. After you remove the cream from the heat, pour the milk with the starch to the cream while mixing all the time with the whisk. Add the vanilla extract, too, and return to the heat again to bring the mixture to simmer again.
  6. After the Panna Cotta mixture comes to simmer again, remove it from the heat and add it slowly to the bowl with the soaked gelatin while whisking.
  7. Let the Panna Cotta mixture cool down a little bit, then portion it in remikens or whatever containers you like.
  8. Put the individual containers with panna cotta in the fridge for at least 3 hours to cool down and set properly.
  9. After the panna cotta desserts are set, dip each container you are planning to use in a bowl of hot water breafly, just to make it unstuck, then place it upside-down on a plate and remove the remiken.
  10. Decorate with fresh berries, strawberry syrup, or maple syrup.

Chocolate Tapioca Dessert

Chocolate Tapioca Dessert

Chocolate Tapioca Dessert is an easy and natural dessert, containing no artificial flavors, colors or sweeteners. I do it a little differently, using one un-traditional ingredient in place of the tapioca pearls, but I think my way of cooking it is better and healthier.

Ingredients:

3 Heaping Tablespoons Tapioca Flour

1/4 cup Couscous

1 L 2% Milk

4 Tablespoons Brown Sugar

1/2 cup water

1 large pinch of salt

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1 teaspoon Cacao powder

2 Eggs

Optional for Decoration: Coconut Flakes and Strawberry

Recipe:

1. Pour the milk into a saucapan with a thick, heavy bottom. Add the sugar, salt, vanilla extract and couscous.

2. Bring the milk to a gentle simmer while stirring with a whisk from time to time. When the milk just starts simmering, remove the saucepan from the stove.

3. In the meantime, whisk the eggs in a bowl for 1 minute.

4. To temper the eggs, add some of the hot milk slowly and gently to the eggs while whisking vigorously.

5. Now add the egg and milk mixture to the saucepan with the rest of the hot milk while againg whisking vigorously. Add the cacao powder.

6. Mix the tapioca flower with the water and add it slowly to the hot milk mixture while whisking.

7. Return the saucepan with the tapioca to the stove and bring to a boil while whisking constantly.

8. The tapioca should thicken a bit, but not really thick. It will thicken a bit more after it’s cooled down.

9. Portion the tapioca dessert in dessert cups, sprinkle with coconut flakes (if using) and let it cool down in the fridge.

10. After cooling down the tapioca, decorate with strawberry and serve. The tapioca dessert can be serves, both, hot and cold. I find it very tasty and pleasant both ways.

French Crepes Recipe

French crepes
French Crepes with Vanilla Ice-Cream

Ingredients:

250 ml. whole milk,
150 gr. flour,
2 large eggs,
1 pinch salt,
1 tablespoon sugar,
1 tablespoon vanilla extract,
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil or butter.

Recipe: Prepare the batter for the French crepes according to the recipe for Crespelle with the addition of 1 tbsp. sugar and 1 tbsp. vanilla extract. Cook according to the same recipe. Cool down the crepes completely. Put 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream in the center of every crepe and fold into a square while pressing gently. Put the filled crepes in the freezer for about 20 minutes until they are firm but not entirely frozen. Melt 1 tbsp. butter in a small frying pan and add 2 tbsp. sugar, 2 shots Irish cream, 1 espresso coffee and 2 tbsp. chocolate sauce. Cut each crepe to 2 triangles and drizzle the sauce over it. I served the crepe for this photo with cactus pear, star fruit and banana scoops.